OSHA Inspection: HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL - NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5079.00 · Current $3047.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  a. West side of Building/Grinder Machines Area - a machine grinder operator was exposed to continuous noise dose at 68 % of OSHA's permissible action level (AL) of 50 %,  or an equivalent sound level of 87.21 decibels, of the 8-hour time weigted average (TWA) of the 85 decibels for the 305 minutes sampled on April 12, 2017. Exposure calculation included a zero (0) increment for the 175 minutes not sampled.  Yet, the employer had not established a hearing conservation program for employees.